What People say about ISI
“…you saved our company and we would not be here without you!”
“After attending your workshop, it is though scales had dropped from my eyes, WOW!
“We were definitely bankrupt and out of business. ISI was able to perform the duties of five full-time staff members for less than the cost of just one! You not only restored our company to financial health but you expanded our services to 15% more homebound seniors and added over 245 new volunteers. What a truly wonderful thing that you have done. We do not know how we would have continued to serve the over 5,000 homebound seniors here in Contra Costa County without your help.”
“Your support for me, and for the Falasha’s of Ethiopia, in our efforts to help them emigrate from Ethiopia and the persecution that they were living with and help them immigrate into Israel was really exceptional. Even more significant is that you provided this assistance even though we were not able to pay you anything for your services—I (we/they) are enormously grateful.”
“We would not be the successful, fully and operationally functional, economically viable, profitable and sustainable company that we are today without your assistance, your commitment of time and energy, your sense of humor and, last but certainly not least, your wonderful cooking and baking—you gave us so much more of yourself then we could possibly have expected—we will always be grateful.”
“We simply do not have the words to thank you for all that you have done to help us. You have provided so many services, especially your business management services that we simply would not have accomplished all that we have. There are thousands of Huichol Indians who owe a portion of their livelihood, some of their well-being and much more because of your advice and assistance over these past six years.
“From the depths of my heart, thank you! For all that you ARE and ALL that you DO! Thank you for all that you have done to make our world more sustainable and ethical…”
“The support that you have provided to us has been beyond what we could possibly have expected. You are not just always there, which you always are, but especially for the time when we needed the help. You are a very special person who gave us the best advice, provided the appropriate assistance when required and ensured that we stayed focused on our goals and objectives and always lifted up our spirits and all of these things helped to make our project so successful and so valuable to the people of Botswana.”
“If you were not there for us at the beginning, especially your willingness to take a chance and provide us with the support and assistance that we needed and for which we could not find anywhere else, then our gay and lesbian newspaper, the first in San Francisco, would never have happened—thank you so very much for everything!”
“After attending your seminar and workshop I realized that I could actually achieve my goals and you not only gave me the incentive to start my business but, even more important was the assistance you provided to actually help make it work. Without your business and management skills and your ability to organize and plan, we would not have received our first funding nor the $400,000 that really made us viable and sustainable. I am eternally grateful for everything that you have done!”
“There are not many people who would have been willing to help a group of poor Haitian immigrants who still want to help their country. Until ISI came along and to help us and charge almost nothing for your services, we would not have been available to help our people in Haiti—thank you!
“Your advice and guidance were instrumental in helping us with our agricultural development and in helping our people. You have a wonderful heart that you will always have a place in our heart as well.”
“Helping us to create and develop our Arts and Crafts Cooperative was a very important approach for learning how to sell our arts and crafts and to give us more of the revenue from each sale and obtain the income we need to make a decent living. We will always be grateful—thank you!”
“Thank you for all of your assistance in helping us provide the funding for and to manage the first 12 farmer’s markets to receive support from the Dept. of Agriculture in the State of California.”
“Your guidance, advice and skills in working with people with very diverse backgrounds and interests, as well as your ability to bring about a cooperative and collaborative effort with all of these groups took a great deal of patience and a lot of skill—we still can’t believe that you were able to get us all to work together and to obtain a mutually agreed to set of criteria for future endeavors—we are in your debt.”
“I will be forever grateful for what you were able to accomplish in getting our foster care program started with no money for start-up, for no resources whatsoever and then organize and manage it into a sustainable operation that really did achieve our goals and objectives for a better way to care for foster children.”
“Thank you so very much for the wonderful, exciting, information and perfectly enjoyable two day workshop on ‘Escaping the Grant Syndrome’ that you conducted here at York University. The 56 participants unanimously agreed, in their workshop evaluation forms, as well as stated repeatedly to us, that this was the best workshop and the most useful that they had ever attended. Your knowledge, wisdom and, most importantly, you wonderful sense of humor made this an event to remember and cherish. We appreciate everything that you did, still do and who you are as a person!”
“The training and technical assistance that you have provided to us, especially to our Board of Directors, to our management staff and to our operational staff, have been an enormous help and substantially improved all aspects of our $12 million mental health services. We are not only a better organization but we are also better able to provide the services that so needed by the citizens in our community.”
The Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, San Francisco, CA
“After attending your workshop, it is though scales had dropped from my eyes, WOW!
Media Alliance, San Francisco, CA
“We were definitely bankrupt and out of business. ISI was able to perform the duties of five full-time staff members for less than the cost of just one! You not only restored our company to financial health but you expanded our services to 15% more homebound seniors and added over 245 new volunteers. What a truly wonderful thing that you have done. We do not know how we would have continued to serve the over 5,000 homebound seniors here in Contra Costa County without your help.”
Senior Outreach Services, Walnut Creek, CA
“Your support for me, and for the Falasha’s of Ethiopia, in our efforts to help them emigrate from Ethiopia and the persecution that they were living with and help them immigrate into Israel was really exceptional. Even more significant is that you provided this assistance even though we were not able to pay you anything for your services—I (we/they) are enormously grateful.”
William Wheeler, Director, Int’l. Refugee Relief, Nairobi, Kenya
“We would not be the successful, fully and operationally functional, economically viable, profitable and sustainable company that we are today without your assistance, your commitment of time and energy, your sense of humor and, last but certainly not least, your wonderful cooking and baking—you gave us so much more of yourself then we could possibly have expected—we will always be grateful.”
Frank and Grossman, Bay Area Landscaping, San Francisco, CA
“We simply do not have the words to thank you for all that you have done to help us. You have provided so many services, especially your business management services that we simply would not have accomplished all that we have. There are thousands of Huichol Indians who owe a portion of their livelihood, some of their well-being and much more because of your advice and assistance over these past six years.
Huichol Center for the Arts, Monterey, Mexico
“From the depths of my heart, thank you! For all that you ARE and ALL that you DO! Thank you for all that you have done to make our world more sustainable and ethical…”
Julia Butterfly Hill, Ashland, OR
“The support that you have provided to us has been beyond what we could possibly have expected. You are not just always there, which you always are, but especially for the time when we needed the help. You are a very special person who gave us the best advice, provided the appropriate assistance when required and ensured that we stayed focused on our goals and objectives and always lifted up our spirits and all of these things helped to make our project so successful and so valuable to the people of Botswana.”
Botswana Biointensive Nutrition Project, Maun, Botswana
“If you were not there for us at the beginning, especially your willingness to take a chance and provide us with the support and assistance that we needed and for which we could not find anywhere else, then our gay and lesbian newspaper, the first in San Francisco, would never have happened—thank you so very much for everything!”
Coming Up!, San Francisco, CA
“After attending your seminar and workshop I realized that I could actually achieve my goals and you not only gave me the incentive to start my business but, even more important was the assistance you provided to actually help make it work. Without your business and management skills and your ability to organize and plan, we would not have received our first funding nor the $400,000 that really made us viable and sustainable. I am eternally grateful for everything that you have done!”
Latin American News Service, El Paso, Texas
“There are not many people who would have been willing to help a group of poor Haitian immigrants who still want to help their country. Until ISI came along and to help us and charge almost nothing for your services, we would not have been available to help our people in Haiti—thank you!
Organization for Assistance to Haiti, San Jose, CA and Haiti
“Your advice and guidance were instrumental in helping us with our agricultural development and in helping our people. You have a wonderful heart that you will always have a place in our heart as well.”
The Navajo Nation, Window Rock, Arizona
“Helping us to create and develop our Arts and Crafts Cooperative was a very important approach for learning how to sell our arts and crafts and to give us more of the revenue from each sale and obtain the income we need to make a decent living. We will always be grateful—thank you!”
The Shiprock Arts and Crafts Coop, Shiprock, Arizona
“Thank you for all of your assistance in helping us provide the funding for and to manage the first 12 farmer’s markets to receive support from the Dept. of Agriculture in the State of California.”
Dept. of Agriculture, State of California
“Your guidance, advice and skills in working with people with very diverse backgrounds and interests, as well as your ability to bring about a cooperative and collaborative effort with all of these groups took a great deal of patience and a lot of skill—we still can’t believe that you were able to get us all to work together and to obtain a mutually agreed to set of criteria for future endeavors—we are in your debt.”
Ed Roberts, Founder and Director, World Institute on Disability
“I will be forever grateful for what you were able to accomplish in getting our foster care program started with no money for start-up, for no resources whatsoever and then organize and manage it into a sustainable operation that really did achieve our goals and objectives for a better way to care for foster children.”
A Better Way, Berkeley, CA
“Thank you so very much for the wonderful, exciting, information and perfectly enjoyable two day workshop on ‘Escaping the Grant Syndrome’ that you conducted here at York University. The 56 participants unanimously agreed, in their workshop evaluation forms, as well as stated repeatedly to us, that this was the best workshop and the most useful that they had ever attended. Your knowledge, wisdom and, most importantly, you wonderful sense of humor made this an event to remember and cherish. We appreciate everything that you did, still do and who you are as a person!”
Self-Employment Development Initiatives, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
“The training and technical assistance that you have provided to us, especially to our Board of Directors, to our management staff and to our operational staff, have been an enormous help and substantially improved all aspects of our $12 million mental health services. We are not only a better organization but we are also better able to provide the services that so needed by the citizens in our community.”
Highline-West Seattle Mental Health Center, Seattle, WA